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New NIHI study led by Dr Waterlander finds that the majority of packaged food available in New Zealand supermarkets are ultra-processed and so also the unhealthiest foods available. These findings highlight the need to improve the supermarket food supply by reducing numbers of ultra-processed foods and reformulating products to improve their nutritional profile.

Health related food taxes and subsidies could improve diets and reduce deaths from diet related disease in New Zealand, according to new research from the Universities of Auckland and Otago, in collaboration with Oxford University.

A handful of NIHI's projects were on show at this annual university event held on May 4th to showcase excellence in research across the University. Representing NIHI at the event were, from left to right, Karen Carter (Operations Leader,) Jonathan Rastorn (PhD student), Prof Chris Bullen (Director) and Dr Helen Eyles (Research Fellow)

QUALITY MANAGEMENT NIHI is unique in New Zealand health research groups to have attained the TELARC SAI ISO9001 Quality Management standard for all the processes involved in conducting research and business operations.More>